Afghan Biographies
Mujahid, Allah Gul Mujahed Al Haj
Name | Mujahid, Allah Gul Mujahed Al Haj |
Ethnic backgr. | Pashtun |
Date of birth | 1967 |
Function/Grade | Ex Wolesi Jirga Member 2018 MP MNA Kabul |
History and Biodata |
Alhaj Allah Gul Mujahid
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3. Biodata: He has business and real estate interests in Deh Sabz, and is known in the area as an influential businessman. He is now a rich man. By his account, he has three different sources of income besides his Wolesi Jirga salary, including the import of goods from China, five brick-producing kilns and a fuel station. He declined to say how much money he makes. The MP owns an office and a guesthouse on 1.5 acres of land near Pul-i-Charkh bazaar in eastern Kabul. His guesthouse has two 15-metre long rooms. One has couches inside and is suited to modern tastes, while the second room is furnished more traditionally, with only mattresses. He uses the second room to horst people from the villages. People visit him at the guest house, where he stays every Thursday and Friday. He says his daily expenses for operating the house and guest house are about 100,000 afghanis per day. Up to 70 kilograms of rice are cooked there daily.
Nearly 100 people staged a peaceful demonstration in front of the Wolesi Jirga, blaming MP Allah Gul Mujahid for seizing 100 acres of their land in the Shanan Qala area of the district. They had lodged a complaint with the departments, but no one listened to them because Mujahid had a private armed group, one of the demonstrators, Nawroz, told Pajhwok Afghan News. They had also moved the assembly's Complaints Commission, where Mujahid is a member, he said, regretting the issue was yet to be addressed.(20111026)
The MP, who is married and has five sons and two daughters, said that his three brothers have their own businesses and live in the same building as he does. Along with the two widows and the children of his two other brothers, who were killed in the war against the Soviet Union, he lives with 45 family members in total.
One person was injured and a health clinic damaged during the gunbattle in the Pul-i-Charkhi locality of the capital between the gunmen of lawmakers Mullah Tarakhel Mohammadi and Haji Allah Gul Mujahid on July 23, 2012.
Commission (2012): Complaints and Petitions.
Allah Gul Mujahid Alhaj Allah Gull Mujahid received 6,333 votes in 2018 Wolesi Jirga election and got a seat in WJ 2018.
The Taliban have detained former Wolesi Jirga Member Allah Gul Mujahid but closed sources to Mujahid while confirming his arrest said the lawmaker was freed shortly. According to well-placed sources, Mujahid was arrested by the Taliban security personnel in the Deh Sabz district of Kabul on Wednesday night Sept 29, 2021. The reason behind Mujahid arrest could not be known. A picture of Mujahid circulating in the social media showing him under the Taliban armed personnel custody. Rahimullah Mujahid, Allah Gul Mujahid’s niece, said the Taliban besieged his uncle house on the bases of wrong information. He added the problem had been resolved and Mujahid was at his home.(20210930)
A ministerial meeting of the interim cabinet of the Taliban directed investigation of the torture of the former Member of Parliament Allah Gul Mujahid.The acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan Muhammad Hassan Akhund directed intelligence bodies to investigate the case and bring to justice the culprits. The decision is made after a video of Allah Gul Mujahid being tortured and ill-treated went viral on social media.The video shows, Allah Gul Mujahid is seated hand-tightened in the trunk of the truck, surrounded by a group of Taliban affiliates who are accusing him of various crimes and felonies.The Taliban affiliates are also seen to be mildly beating and cursing him. Allah Gul Mujahid was reportedly arrested after he defied a warrant from the Taliban who had asked him to go to the district office of Deh Sabz district of Kabul but officials have not commented on the issue yet.(20211108) Allah Gul Mujahid was a popular political figure of the previous government, who was detained and humiliated by the Taliban security forces in the early days of the Islamic Emirate. Following his release, Mujahid left the country for Turkey and headed to Iran after spending one year in Turkey, according to unofficial sources. Mujahid met acting Afghan Ambasssador to Iran, Fazal Mohammad Haqqani to pave the way for the return to Afghanistan.(20230530)
Mujahid is married and has five sons and two daughters. He speaks Pashtu and Dari. |
Last Modified | 2023-05-30 |
Established | 2011-01-28 |